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US 11,145,966 B2Granted
Over-molded thin film antenna device
AssigneePCTEL, Inc.
InventorsFrancisco X. Gomez, Calin Pod
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Abstract
An over-molded thin film antenna device is provided that can include a core mandrel having a body and a lip, a thin film radio frequency (RF) element wrapped around and supported by the body, an RF connector electrically coupled to the thin film RF element, and an outer layer molded between shutoff surfaces of the core mandrel and over the thin film RF element. The lip can extend over a top of a portion of the thin film RF element to secure the portion of the thin film radio frequency element between the body and the lip.
Claims15
An antenna device comprising:
- a core mandrel having a body and a lip;
- a thin film radio frequency (RF) element wrapped around and supported by the body, wherein the lip extends over a top of a portion of the thin film RF element to secure the portion of the thin film RF element between the body and the lip;
- an RF connector electrically coupled to the thin film RF element;
- and
- an outer layer molded between shutoff surfaces of the core mandrel and over the thin film RF element.
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A core mandrel comprising:
- a body configured to support a thin film radio frequency (RF) element;
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- a cap configured to establish a material flow of a resin at a gate of a mold when the body and the cap are located in a cavity of the mold,
- wherein the cap includes a lip configured to extend over a top of a portion of the thin film RF element to secure the portion of the thin film RF element between the body and the cap and to prevent the resin from flowing onto an underside of the thin film RF element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.